Scorned by porn when he tested positive, former adult film performer Derrick Burts is committed to seeing that his fellow actors are cared for by Dann Dulin “I’m sorry…this is still hard for me…,” says an emotionally distraught, tearful Derrick Burts at an AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) press conference in Los Angeles. He swallows hard and pauses to recompose. A hush plummets over the audience. This was the scene in 2010, a few days after World AIDS Day. The former porn performer, who tested positive [...]

Earvin “Magic” Johnson has been popping up on cable, satellite, and digital video-on-demand providers. Throughout the month of November, on-demand users could rent any of Magic Johnson’s selections thanks to Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and, in turn, Warner Bros. donated a portion of the proceeds to The Magic Johnson Foundation (MJF). That AIDS awareness and the empowerment of urban youth are able to find their way to viewers browsing through movie titles is a testament to the power of the NBA legend to combine popular [...]

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Trains a Research Lens on Probiotics by Chael Needle “Probiotics” has become a new buzz word in the dairy aisle—at least two brands of yogurt are touting their presence. Though nowadays the “live and active cultures” associated with probiotics are often removed through pasteurization, they have always been in foods like yogurt, fermented milk and soy-based drinks. Now that they have crossed over into mainstream marketing from the world of complementary and alternative medicine, probiotics look as if they will increase in [...]